jon321971

The idea of taking it easy is linked to good times. Luxurious holidays by the pool, where a waiter brings the cocktails to your poolside lounger, and a therapist massages your tired back. All good and worthy – for people who work their asses off for the rest of the year. But if living like this becomes a 24/7, 365 day a year reality – that’s a different matter, a stinkier kettle of fish. Yet, it’s the dream that’s sold to First Worlders in my dystopian novel, Dead Headz. The youth-led...

The focus for the rebels who want to destroy the automation-obsessed government in my dystopian novel Dead Headz is the data centre on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of the First World (formerly the United Kingdom). It’s here that the tech driving the all-powerful Platform is housed. The presence of this techie’s wet dream location has ruined the once picturesque holiday island of the Isle of Wight. The entire island is now strictly off-limits to the general population, home only to...

Jobs being obliterated left, right and centre. Livelihoods destroyed. This is a reality for many in 2026. It’s been a reality for writers since late 2022. Small wonder so many of us are writing anti AI fiction. Writers were among the first to experience a drastic reduction in their ability to earn a living from their craft thanks to the widespread adoption of slop-generating AI. AI is not a tool. It’s a means for business owners to cut humans from their payroll so they can make more...